Salvaging Obsidian Armor...

camaelczarka

camaelczarka

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2008

Connoisseurs of Confectionaries [cake]

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Well, this probably doesn't count as a starter question, but I couldn't think of a better place to put it. My question is to anyone who has salvaged FoW armor to make another set; how much gets lost in the salvage? Or is it possible to just salvage the basic mats instead of the ectos/shards? Just want to know if it's feasable to get enough or near to enough mats to get a different set.

Darkobra

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

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You'll get a 33% chance of getting the rare materials back from a salvage.

ALF71BE

ALF71BE

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2008

In your fridge, stealing your pickles. for mah subway

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DOOOOOO IIIIIIIT!!!!!11

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And adding to what the other guy said, you don't get your full 100+ ectos, if you're lucky enough to get ectos at all.

Kamara

Kamara

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Ponie Hill, Lion's Arch International

Blinkie Kaulitz Armie

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About 6 months ago I salvaged two sets of FoW that were necro + monk armor that, at the time, didn't need shards as they were +energy armors.

From one set I got 11 shards total.
From the other I got about 6 shards and 5-7 ectos.
(Yes, armor that wasn't made with shards... got me some shards \o_O/)

There's a few threads in search about this. Some have helpful info, some have "OMG Y U SALVAGE NOOB?" so um. yeah.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...si dian+armor is one such thread that came up.

camaelczarka

camaelczarka

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2008

Connoisseurs of Confectionaries [cake]

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ok, i guess I'm not going to do it then. XD ty for the answers.

Kerwyn Nasilan

Kerwyn Nasilan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2007

WHERE DO YOU THINK

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I would link you to a certain picture but It escapes me atm....
Anyways it really is never worth it, you will get a few shards/ectos and nothing more.

Lykan

Lykan

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

StP

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Its never worth it, dont do it. You'll be lucky if you get 15% back.

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

Quote:
Originally Posted by camaelczarka View Post
Well, this probably doesn't count as a starter question, but I couldn't think of a better place to put it.
Um, I don't think it says anywhere that this forum is only for "starter questions".... I could be wrong, but "basic" is not the same as "starter".

Proff

Proff

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2007

It's only worth it if you're deleting the character.

Hyper.nl

Hyper.nl

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Defending Fort Aspenwood

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It's not worth it imo. It's better to have an obsidian armor on an inactive char than to salvage it and destroy it. Salvaging will not yield much, so you will need to pay/farm a lot of ecto's/shards anyways.